This is with reference to the article “Only 22% funds utilised in six Housing Ministry schemes” published on 12th May 2018 in a newspaper which was based on the information given to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban development.

The government today approved a dedicated Rs 5,000 crore fund to bring more land area under micro-irrigation as part of its objective to boost agriculture production and farmers income.
The fund has been set up under NABARD, which will provide this amount to States on concessional rate of interest to promote micro-irrigation, which currently has a coverage of only 10 million hectares as against the potential of 70 million hectares.
"The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved an initial Corpus of Rs 5,000 crore for setting up of a dedicated 'Micro Irrigation Fund' (MIF) with NABARD under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)," an official statement said.
An allocation of Rs 2,000 crore has been made for this fiscal while Rs 3,000 crore has been earmarked for the 2019-20 fiscal.
NABARD will extend the loan to state governments during this period.
"Borrowings from NABARD shall be paid back in seven years including the grace ...

Staff ReporterSHILLONG, May 05: The shifting of the Reid Chest Hospital (TB hospital) to a new location in Umsawli in the New Shillong Township will clear the way for construction of the much awaited Shillong Medical College, a relocation which the state government is planning to complete within a given time frame.

Taking a jibe at the Congress' losing streak in the state assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said post-Karnataka polls the grand-old national party will become a regional one called PPP Congress - Punjab, Puducherry and Parivar Congress."After the Karnataka results, Congress will become PPP Congress- Punjab, Puducherry and Parivar Congress," the prime minister said at the rally here.He also added that it is the people of Karnataka, who will make the Congress into a regional party called PPP Congress.Congress, which was in power in13 states in 2014, now governs only three states and one union territory.And, if it loses Karnataka too, the party would have presence only in Punjab, Mizoram and Puducherry."Congress has lost in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, UP, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tripura...people across India have rejected the Congress," Prime Minister Modi.Intensifying his attack on the ruling party in the state, the prime ...

All guns blazing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today mounted a scathing attack on the Congress over corruption, and asserted it will become "Punjab, Puducherry, Parivar" Congress after its defeat in the Karnataka Assembly polls.
With the D-day for the polls drawing closer, Modi upped the ante against the Siddaramaiah government, alleging it has become a "corruption tank" for the Congress with a pipeline connected to Delhi, "where the money reaches directly".
He also accused the top Congress leadership of auctioning tickets, party positions and even the chief minister's post.
"After May 15 (when poll results will be declared), Indian National Congress will be reduced to 'PPP Congress'-- P for Punjab, P for Puducherry, and P for Parivar (family)," Modi told an election rally in Gadag, where he predicted the state's ruling party would be decimated in the elections.
He accused the Congress of "auctioning" party tickets and posts, and recalled how a string of scams rocked the erstwhile UPA

All guns blazing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mounted a scathing attack on the Congress over corruption, and asserted it will become "Punjab, Puducherry, Parivar" Congress after its defeat in the Karnataka Assembly polls.
With the D-day for the polls drawing closer, Modi upped the ante against the Siddaramaiah government, alleging it has become a "corruption tank" for the Congress with a pipeline connected to Delhi, "where the money reaches directly".
He also accused the top Congress leadership of auctioning tickets, party positions and even the chief minister's post.
"After May 15 (when poll results will be declared), Indian National Congress will be reduced to 'PPP Congress'-- P for Punjab, P for Puducherry, and P for Parivar (family)," Modi told an election rally in Gadag, where he predicted the state's ruling party would be decimated in the elections.
He accused the Congress of "auctioning" party tickets and posts, and recalled how a string of scams rocked the erstwhile UPA ...

Volunteers from Million Voter Rising, the citizen group from Mahadevapura, interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. This is the transcript of the interview with the incumbent MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party, »

Volunteers from Million Voter Rising, the citizen group from Mahadevapura, interviewed candidates contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections from Mahadevapura constituency. This is the transcript of the interview with the incumbent MLA from Bharatiya Janata Party, »

A new weekly train no 22895/22896 Durg-Ferozpur-Durg Antyodaya Express was inaugurated by Shri Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways & Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chattisgarh.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Rajen Gohain said that the Antyodaya Express has been launched to ensure a facilities equipped journey to all the sections of the society as envisioned by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

By 3D printing we can create Taj Mahal, Ghats of Benares, Buddhist circuit and any heritage or any monument. So tourists coming in can see and decide what they like and where they want to go, said Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST).

An ultra-modern bus terminus will be constructed through public-private-partnership (PPP) at Manali, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said today, after laying the foundation stone of the multi-crore-rupee project.
He directed the officers to complete all the necessary formalities at the earliest, so that the work on the ambitious project could start.
Thakur said the project should be completed within the stipulated time-period and it should be ensured that the bus terminus became one of the best in the state.
Ensuring better connectivity to even the remotest area of the hill state was the priority of his government, the BJP leader said, adding that adequate provisions were made in the state budget in this regard.
Earlier, Thakur laid the foundation stone for the construction of a road from National Highway-21 to Bran village under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), which would benefit the people of four panchayats.
He also laid the foundation stone ...

Scientists have developed an innovative, transparent eel-like robot that can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor. The robot created by engineers and marine biologists at the University of California in the US uses artificial muscles filled with water to propel itself. The foot-long robot, which is connected to an electronics board that remains on the surface, is also virtually transparent.
The bot, described in the journal Science Robotics, is an important step towards a future when soft robots can swim in the ocean alongside fish and invertebrates without disturbing or harming them. Today, most underwater vehicles designed to observe marine life are rigid and submarine-like and powered by electric motors with noisy propellers, researchers said.
"Instead of propellers, our robot uses soft artificial muscles to move like an eel underwater without making any sound," said Caleb Christianson, a PhD student at the University of California San Diego. One key innovation was using the salt ...

Scientists have developed an innovative, transparent eel-like robot that can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor.
The robot created by engineers and marine biologists at the University of California in the US uses artificial muscles filled with water to propel itself.
The foot-long robot, which is connected to an electronics board that remains on the surface, is also virtually transparent.
The bot, described in the journal Science Robotics, is an important step towards a future when soft robots can swim in the ocean alongside fish and invertebrates without disturbing or harming them.
Today, most underwater vehicles designed to observe marine life are rigid and submarine-like and powered by electric motors with noisy propellers, researchers said.
"Instead of propellers, our robot uses soft artificial muscles to move like an eel underwater without making any sound," said Caleb Christianson, a PhD student at the University of California San Diego.
One key innovation was

Shri Hardeep Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs emphasised on the importance of behavioural change in people and participation of private sector as critical to the success of the ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission that the country has embarked upon.

DUBAI (Reuters) - School buildings and desalination facilities producing fresh water will feature in some of the first deals as Saudi Arabia transfers a quarter of its economy to private hands, an official overseeing the process said on Wednesday.

DUBAI (Reuters) - School buildings and desalination facilities producing fresh water will feature in some of the first deals as Saudi Arabia transfers a quarter of its economy to private hands, an official overseeing the process said on ...